Senior leader urges officials to recognize problems  

刘云山：领导干部必须有发现问题的敏锐

Liu Yunshan (C back), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and president of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, attends an orientation session of the school's 2014 spring semester, in Beijing, capital of China, May 15, 2014. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

A senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has called on Party officials to deal with problems that surface during the Party's development undertakings.

Liu Yunshan, a Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, asked Party officials to stay alert to problems, face problems head on, and to address them, at an orientation session of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee on Thursday.

Liu urged Party officials to carefully study President Xi Jinping's important remarks, saying Xi has shown acute awareness of problems and resolve to tackle them.

Officials should have keen eyes in discovering problems while advancing reforms and development, learning from past practices and lessons, as well as considering domestic situations against the big international pictures, he said.

Furthermore, Party officials should take responsibility to solve problems, Liu said, urging them to prioritize significant problems that may affect long-term development of regions or organizations; outstanding problems that threaten stability of reforms and development, and nascent problems corroding Party members' ideology and work styles.

He also advised Party officials to keep learning in order to build their problem-solving capacity, and to delve into the very grassroots communities so as to find pragmatic solutions.